The evening here runs on the sun. Pick a night and every time on this page moves with it.
The Night
Hour by hour
Each line is timed to the sunset, dusk or moon of the night you picked. The telescope only comes out when the moon is low.
Dune walk
40 min
From the tents to the ridge with a guide. Soft shoes.
Sundowner on the ridge
45 min
Karak, dates and cold lime. The camp’s only bar is the dune.
Lanterns lit
Ninety lanterns along the paths. Torches stay off.
Supper in the majlis
2 h
Four courses from the fire pit. Bread baked in the sand.
Telescope on the dune
1 h
A 10 inch reflector. Orion and the Pleiades through the winter.
Moon watch
30 min
Rugs on the east ridge.
Fire out
No generator runs at night. Quiet until first light.
Times are computed; clouds are not.
The sky at full dark
The brightest stars and the moon, placed over the camp at the moment the last light leaves. The ember mark on the rim is where the sun went down.
Alnilam is the middle star of Orion’s belt. In December it stands high in the south at midnight.
The Star Tent with its roof panel open, after the moon has set.